Phyllachorales is a small
order of
perithecial sac fungi
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The defi ...
containing mostly
foliar
A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, ste ...
parasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
s. This order lacks reliable morphological characters making taxonomic placement of genera difficult. There is controversy among
mycologists
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, ...
as to the boundaries of this order.
Characteristics
In general, members of the Phyllachoraceae produce
an
ascocarp
An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are m ...
embedded in the host tissue, mostly within a
stroma or beneath an epidermal
clypeus. The type of development is
ascohymenial.
Genera ''incertae sedis''
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Cyclodomus''
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Lichenochora''
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Lindauella''
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Maculatifrondes''
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Mangrovispora''
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Palmomyces''
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Phycomelaina''
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Uropolystigma''
References
Ascomycota orders
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